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Bletia purpurea (Lam.) DC.
Pinepink

Family: Orchidaceae

Group: Monocot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Herb

Perennation: Perennial

Native Range: Peninsular Florida, the West Indies, Mexico, Central America and northern South America.

State of Florida Status: Threatened

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Native

IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status: Rare

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Cultivated

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Bletia purpurea
Copyright by: George D. Gann
In habitat, New Providence, Bahamas, 2012

Other data on Bletia purpurea available from :
Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Bletia purpurea has been found in the following 32 conservation areas :
Occurrence Native Status
A.D. 'Doug' Barnes Park Present Native
Big Cypress National Preserve Present Native
Biscayne National Park Present Native
Boystown Pineland Present Native
Camp Owaissa Bauer Present Native
Castellow Hammock Park Possibly Extirpated Possibly Extirpated
City of West Palm Beach Water Catchment Buffer Present Native
Collier-Seminole State Park Present Native
Corkscrew Regional Ecosystem Watershed (CREW) Present Native
Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary Present Native
Dupuis Reserve Present Native
Everglades National Park Present Native
Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park Present Native
Frog Pond/L-31 N Transition Lands Present Native
Fuchs Hammock Preserve Present Native
Hillsboro Pineland Natural Area Present Native
Homestead Bayfront Park Present Native
J.W. Corbett Wildlife Management Area Present Native
Jonathan Dickinson State Park Present Native
Larry and Penny Thompson Park Present Native
Loxahatchee River Natural Area Present Native
Loxahatchee Slough Natural Area Present Native
Luis Martinez United States Army Reserve Station, Richmond Pine Rocklands Present Native
National Key Deer Refuge Present Native
Navy Wells Pineland Present Native
Picayune Strand State Forest Present Native
Pond Cypress Natural Area Present Native
Quail Roost Pineland Present Native
Royal Palm Beach Pines Natural Area Present Native
South Dade Wetlands Present Native
Sugarloaf Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area Present Native
Tree Island Park Present Native


Bletia purpurea has been found in the following 7 counties :
Occurrence Native Status
Broward County Native
Collier County Native
Lee County Native
Miami-Dade County Native
Monroe County (Keys) Native
Monroe County (Mainland) Native
Palm Beach County Native


Bletia purpurea has been found in the following 8 habitats :
Depression Marsh
Disturbed Upland
Dome Swamp
Marl Prairie
Pine Rockland
Strand Swamp
Wet Flatwoods
Wet Prairie


All Images:

Bletia purpurea
Copyright by: George D. Gann
In habitat, New Providence, Bahamas, 2012
Bletia purpurea
Copyright by: George D. Gann
In habitat, New Providence, Bahamas, 2012

Bletia purpurea
Copyright by: Roger L. Hammer
Bletia purpurea
Copyright by: Shirley Denton